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The Atrocity Paradigm
Claudia Card
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Description for The Atrocity Paradigm
Paperback. In this book, philosopher and feminist Claudia Card presents a workable theory of evil, examining in particular human atrocities - acts of cruelty committed by human beings on others. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
What distinguishes evils from ordinary wrongs? Is hatred a necessarily evil? Are some evils unforgivable? Are there evils we should tolerate? What can make evils hard to recognize? Are evils inevitable? How can we best respond to and live with evils? Claudia Card offers a secular theory of evil that responds to these questions and more. Evils, according to her theory, have two fundamental components. One component is reasonably foreseeable intolerable harm -- harm that makes a life indecent and impossible or that makes a death indecent. The other component is culpable wrongdoing. Atrocities, such as ... Read more
What distinguishes evils from ordinary wrongs? Is hatred a necessarily evil? Are some evils unforgivable? Are there evils we should tolerate? What can make evils hard to recognize? Are evils inevitable? How can we best respond to and live with evils? Claudia Card offers a secular theory of evil that responds to these questions and more. Evils, according to her theory, have two fundamental components. One component is reasonably foreseeable intolerable harm -- harm that makes a life indecent and impossible or that makes a death indecent. The other component is culpable wrongdoing. Atrocities, such as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195181265
SKU
V9780195181265
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About Claudia Card
Claudia Card is Emma Goldman Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, with teaching affiliations in Women's Studies, the Center for Jewish Studies, and the Institute for Environmental Studies. She has also taught at Dartmouth College, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Goethe University in Frankfurt. Known for her work in ethics and feminist philosophy, she is the author ... Read more
Reviews for The Atrocity Paradigm
"This book will probably be of most interest to those engaged in human and women's rights struggles and other political issues, as well as other academic philosophers... Speaks to both contemporary and social theories, and at the core, The Atrocity Paradigm is a useful and provocative starting point for this discussion."
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